Need help please with these boots!
Article about: Hello everyone, I have a question please about these boots if anyone is willing to help. Are they military or civilian? They are constructed in heavy duty pebbled leather, have a toe cap wit
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I've just seen some WW2 private purchase Home Guard Ammo boots on WD Militaria website the dealer says very rare purpose made for Home Guard? Mine also have the cloth pull strap to help get the boots on...mine have "HOLDFAST" on the cloth puller. It is possible my boots were originally brown and dyed black later? My boots are a dead ringer for the ones on WD Militaria except for the brogue styling on the toecap. Construction of the boots is identical ... I'd like to know what other people think.
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maybe a light or postwar 'de-mob' version of the hobnail/cleat; or as you say wartime home guard. here's a full-scale unissued version of the former, dated 1945, with broad arrow
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so a guy says the ones I posted are wwii australian army jungle boots and that sometimes they got de-cleated postwar. yours look similar tho maybe not to chunky.
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Yes, Aussie boots. They will have a manufacturers code stamped on them, a letter for the state followed by some numbers. Here are one of my pairs. Crates of these have turned up over the years from army warehouses over here.
Oz.
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thanks - another great pair! mine are S310. so, very little value, then? happy collecting, david
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They certainly have value David!
S = South Australia.
Oz.
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